--- description: Share the gift of expedited shipping with up to four freeloaders. title: 30-Second Tech Trick: Share Your Amazon Prime Membership image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a51fee75e5190f6/69868a23cd804d7656cca3db/amazon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 30-Second Tech Trick: How to Share Your Amazon Prime Membership by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 10, 2014 5:29 PM CUT  Daniel Brendoff sorts boxes before loading them onto trucks for shipping at Amazon.com's fulfillment Center in Fernley, Nevada on Tuesday, December 13, 2005\. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas the Fernley Center will process approximately 2 million orders. Ken James/Bloomberg News Daniel Brendoff sorts boxes before loading them onto trucks for shipping at Amazon.com's fulfillment Center in Fernley, Nevada on Tuesday, December 13, 2005\. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas the Fernley Center will process approximately 2 million orders. Ken James/Bloomberg NewsBloomberg / Getty Images by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 10, 2014 5:29 PM CUT **More Quick Tech Tricks:** * [Stop People from Tagging You in Twitter Photos](http://time.com/54048/30-second-tech-trick-turn-off-twitter-photo-tagging/ "undefined") * [Get Facebook Hack Notifications for Your Account](http://time.com/40253/30-second-tech-trick-get-facebook-hack-notifications-for-your-account/ "undefined") * [End Calls with the Power Button on Your Android Phone](http://time.com/38769/30-second-tech-trick-end-calls-with-the-power-button-on-your-android-phone/ "undefined") * [How to Take the Best Selfies](http://time.com/30633/best-selfies/ "undefined") * [Use the Konami Code for Free (!!!) Google Searches](http://time.com/32303/google-konami-code-easter-egg/ "undefined") * [How to Boot to the Desktop in Windows](http://time.com/25112/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-boot-to-the-desktop-in-windows/ "undefined") * [How to Take a Screenshot on Your iPhone](http://time.com/20451/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-your-iphone/ "undefined") * [How to Make a Strong Password (and Actually Remember It)](http://time.com/15908/best-password/ "undefined") * [More Tech Tricks](http://time.com/tag/tech-tricks/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/58028/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-share-your-amazon-prime-membership/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/58028/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-share-your-amazon-prime-membership/"},"headline":"30-Second Tech Trick: How to Share Your Amazon Prime Membership","datePublished":"2014-04-10T17:29:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:56.399Z","description":"Share the gift of expedited shipping with up to four freeloaders.","url":"https://time.com/58028/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-share-your-amazon-prime-membership/","keywords":["Tech","Retail","Amazon","How-To","Videos","video","Tech tricks","Web","Amazon Prime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a51fee75e5190f6/69868a23cd804d7656cca3db/amazon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Doug Aamoth","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/doug-aamoth/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a51fee75e5190f6/69868a23cd804d7656cca3db/amazon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Amazon","caption":"Amazon","creditText":"Bloomberg / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/58028/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-share-your-amazon-prime-membership/","name":"30-Second Tech Trick: How to Share Your Amazon Prime Membership"}}]}] ```